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Having trouble making flat grinds on my grinder.

I have noticed that when I put wood for handles against my flat platten that my grinder will make the wood convex by either grinding the top, bottom, or both more than the center. I am pretty sure I am applying even pressure, and I have it so the belt is resting against the platten when the grinder is off. Am I doing something wrong, or do I just need to get better at grinding? Thanks for the help.

I've never been able to use a belt grinder to the flatten the inside of wood scales as nice as I want them. I had to get a disc grinder for this task. This is a whole lot better (98% good to go) but still I find that I have to finish by hand to get them dead ass flat.